Since Microsoft is removing the Backup utility from Windows 8.1, I have been exploring alternatives to that very useful utility. I know there are third party utilities that will work fine, but I would rather stay with a native version, if possible.
It seems the utility WBADMIN is capable of...
administrative command
backupbackup process
backup utility
efi system partition
file removal
hidden system folder
image recovery
installation media
nativebackup
partition recovery
remote procedure call
system partition
system volume information
third party software
upgrade issues
wbadmin
windows 8
windows 8.1
windows image backup